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tech 5 - short videos, quizzes for the last 5 minutes of class
Tech Lab - project ides, resources

Challenge

• topic - activities, some optional
• Ask * Imagine * Plan, Create * Improve
• points - save screenshot, document, audio, video ? badges
• scores recorded. progress tracked, daily log - seesaw, edmodo, showbie
• time - 1- 7 days, personal ? longer
• example - paper, 3d thinking, foil boats

first / last 5 minutes

• daily 5 - short videos, quizzes for the last 5 minutes of class - contribute to resources
• 5 in 5 - use phone to brainstorm ideas for one of the challenge topics or questions. Something to do in the last few minutes of class. Provide 5 ideas. form - pre-filled with 5 blank lines
• Kahoot! - 5 minutes end of period activity

hands-on / 40 min activities

• marshmallows & toothpick towers/bridges
• index card / craftstick & clips bridges
• marble roller coaster
• paper planes, foam glides
• balloon rocket car
• foil boat
• paper - bridge, tower, geodesic dome, planes
• the way things work - simple machines
• stomp rockets, rockets
• wearable technology
• recycled and upcycled art
• design a shoe + obstacle course

digital make, create

• movie * camera, audio record - intro to tech Lab, modules
• Virtual Field Trip
• Tinkercad
• 123D family of 3d tools, apps * 123d make unique 3d models from 2d slices - 3d model, generate flat pieces to cut out and assemble into 3d model * biplane * examples * Autodesk Design Academy - design course, examples, careers
• Virtual exhibitions - Creating an exhibition usually requires a lot of space and involves material costs. The virtual version, however, doesn’t have these downsides. Build the most creative showcases possible and visit them in virtual reality.

• short projects - video one minute, one take. podcast. inforgraphic. screencast. 5 photo story.
• InstaGrok - search interactive concept map
• Last 5 minutes - find / create activities do this while waiting for the bell at end of period - quizlet, kahoot
• design and build a toy - print pdf

solve

• Grand Challenges for Engineers - 14 engineering challenges ...e4k
• 3d thinking - Purdue, lego
• mobile engineering games
• internet of things
• sound, waves, listening * 5 ways to listen better - Julian Treasure (video 7:50)
• Environmental Modeling - Pixar / Khan Academy - work through the lessons, view videos, practice, track progress - screenshot, link with description, questions

programming, coding

• General Assembly
• Scratch - create a game
• Hour of Code - complete the coding certificate
• MIT App Inventor - Android
• imagine app - describe an app * outlines * MIT App inventor
• Pixar in a Box - simulations, special effects
• create an educational game - play some sample games - FunBrain, Arcademics, GameClassroom,, identify important elements, design, plan, prototype

ideas

• The Way Things Work - research and create your own entry for the book - written, illustrated, narrated, animated

• journeys / challenges - several related activities for kids who finish all the modules in year-long class - periods 7 & 7
• try this - slide show throughout day - apps, projects
• last 5 minutes * Kahoot! * Quizlet * 3d thinking puzzles * mobile learning - spatial puzzles
• movies - - LEGO league promo, green screen
• extra credit activities * women engineers job profiles * myVocabulary word lists * crossword puzzles * videos for lab modules * penny bridge * simple machines * isometric drawing * design a toy * entrepreneurs, innovation * built world * amazing structures, gadgets * hour of code * individual/group projects * web site pictures, articles * scratch, game, app * engineering everywhere / e4k pages
• lab managers * balloon rocket cars * towers * competition

done that

• nov spatial awareness puzzles, balloon rocket cars
• oct web site